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The blood pheasant has the size of a small fowl, about 17 in (43 cm) in length with a short, convex, very strong black bill, feathered between bill and eye, and a small crest of variously coloured feathers.
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When to see the Blood Pheasant
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Blood Pheasant
The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Blood Pheasant
The blood pheasant or blood partridge is a galliforme bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae and the only species in the genus Ithaginis. It is a relatively small, short-tailed pheasant that is widespread in the lower Himalayas ranging across North and East India, Nepal, Bhutan, South China and northern Myanmar. It has been classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2009, and the global blood pheasant population is thought to be stable.
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Easily confused with
Crimson-headed PartridgeHaematortyx sanguinicepsA striking species of partridge, the crimson-headed partridge has an average length of around 25 cm (9.8 in) and the weight of one measured male was 330 g (12 oz).
Green JunglefowlGallus variusThe colouration of the green junglefowl is sexually dimorphic.
Mikado PheasantSyrmaticus mikadoWith the tail included, males of this species get to be up to 70 cm in body length, while the smaller females measure up to 47 cm.
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